Welcome to GCSE Product Design!

What is it?What do I have

to do?

I should be good at...?

This is the subject for me if I want to

become a...

What is GCSE Product Design?

• This is your chance to get creative! You will be asked to find new design solutions for existing problems.

• It’s versatile! Product Design can be Resistant Materials, Graphics, Food or Textiles.

• You will learn about famous designers and look at iconic products which have helped to shape the world we live in.

• ...and you will be able to use many skills which you have learned in other subjects!

What do I have to do?

Year 10:• A variety of designing and making tasks• Advanced Innovation Challenge – practical exam

Year 11:• Developing and Applying Design Skills (coursework)• Making, Testing and Marketing (coursework)• Designing Influences – written exam

Product Design is for you if....

• ...you can look at your environment and identify problems with existing designs

• ...you can think “outside the box” and come up with unusual ideas

• ...you can explain your choices and decisions to others

• ...enjoy working with a variety of tools and materials

• ...you enjoy sketching and using design software and modelling materials

Future careers:• Product Design• Engineering• Automotive• Graphics/ Illustration• Packaging design• Architecture• Media/ Marketing/ Advertising• Furniture Design• Industrial Design....and much more!